Yep. Roughly equivalent to trying to refute the conservative writings of William F. Buckley or the commentary of Rush Limbaugh by citing how David Duke likes the KKK.
But, hey, when you've got no logical refutation, I guess posting non sequiturs feels better than doing nothing.
I was thinking the other night that if this had been a pro-protectionism (with a suitably negative or alarmist title) piece, then this thread would've run into the hundreds as the free-traders and protectionists duked it out.